DOG ASIDE: By the time that the round of the 6th dive in the 1984 Olympics men’s 3 m springboard competition rolled around…..USA Greg Louganis had already separated himself from the rest of the Olympic competitor field…..and the rest of the divers were relegated to vying for the silver and bronze medal….as Louganis was simply…
DOG ASIDE: ABC’s dive-by-dive analyst and partner of color commentator Cynthia Potter for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics diving competitions….was the intellectually articulate Jack Whitaker….who was an American sportscaster that worked for both CBS and ABC….as he was also is a decorated veteran of World War II….who while fighting in the Normandy Campaign was wounded by an artillery strike.…
DOG ASIDE: The ABC diving color commentator for the entire men’s and women’s diving competition at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics was Cynthia Ann Potter….who was also a former American Olympic diver. She was a member of three Olympic diving teams, winning a bronze medal in the 1976 women’s 3-meter springboard competition…..and was an 11-time All-American….having won a…
DOG ASIDE: In this the first round dives of the men’s 3 m springboard diving competition at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics features GBR Christopher Snode, CHN Tan Liagande, USA Ron Merriott and USA Greg Louganis….as the first round dives are not high degree of difficulty dives…..but even in these less complicated dives….Greg Louganis seems…
DOG ASIDE: This video of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics men’s 10 m platform diving competition medal ceremony celebrates the accomplishments of three really outstanding divers….as gold was presented to USA Greg Louganis….in my sportsphile opinion….Louganis was the greatest there has ever been……as the silver went to USA Bruce Kimball….whom I rank in the top…
DOG ASIDE: Steve McCrory (April 13, 1964 – August 1, 2000, both in Detroit, Michigan) was an American boxer….who won the Flyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics….while a year earlier he had won a bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games….he was the 1982 and 1983 United States Amateur flyweight champion. In winning…
DOG ASIDE: Every now and then I find a video in Bone Daddy’s library that I have no idea who the contestants are that a participating in the sporting event…..and such is the case in regard to Yong Mo Keo and Efren Taganas…..both boxers in the flyweight division of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics….however, I…
DOG ASIDE: William Theodore “Willie” de Wit (born June 13, 1961 in Three Hills, Alberta) is a Canadian criminal defense lawyer and retired professional Canadian boxer….who fought for Canada and won the Heavyweight silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics…..as he and teammate Shawn O’Sullivan were heavily touted going into the Games….as both had won…
DOG ASIDE: Henry Durand Tillman (born August 1, 1960) is an American former boxer…..who twice defeated Mike Tyson as an amateurs….winning both bouts via close decisions. Tillman went on to win heavyweight gold at the Los Angeles Olympics against highly touted Canadian boxer Willie de Wit Tillman turned pro in 1984 as a cruiser weight and had…